tertol-cronch3r:

tertol-cronch3r:

I have never seen a single “ugly” or not amazing girl. I know this is an nb/mlm/nb acc but I think solidarity is important :)

Straight girls are valid and beautiful

Bi girls, lesbians and girls who like girls in general are splendid and amazing :) aro and/or ace girls deserve so much love and attention

Girls who are questioning are lovely and powerful

Trans women and girl related people should honestly rule the world /hj

Girls who don’t use labels are super rad and valid too!

Masculine, androgynous and gnc girls are incredible btw, y’all get all my love <333 same with feminine girls :)

Also pssst! Neurodivergent and neuroatypical girls: you rock too! Your unique experiences don’t reflect your value as a person! You can and deserve to find happiness, even if the journey to do so is different for you than your peers :)

Chubby+fat girls, you deserve so much more love and respect than society offers.

Girls, if you’re seeing this, you rock, you’re amazing, you’re strong, you got this :) let’s build a better world together

Also i stg if I see a single one of you saying ur an exception /j but please don’t do that bc I mean all girls and girl related people :)

Anyway ily now go be urself and do things that make ye happy bc u deserve it (yes, you. Don’t deny it or you will catch these hands /j)

**do not derail**

(Will be making edits as time passes)

Girls with bumps in their noses! Girls with strong jawlines, girls with strong brow ridges or bold eyebrows!! Girls with thin lips or small eyes :0 bald girls, skinny girls, plus size girls, muscular girls, tall girls, average sized girls, short girls, girls with stretch marks, skin conditions, girls with big noses! All girls who don’t fit the societal beauty standards! I see you, I love you

*feel free to add on, just don’t derail. Mens positivity coming soon*

Mid sized girls are lovely, I know y’all are often forgotten about

BIPOC girls are so precious, you’re all important and you have a place in this world

Hey, disabled girls, you go through so much. Your struggles are real, you’re worth loving and respecting

Hey girls who use xenoidentities/microlabels, you’re so cool! I think it’s amazing that you use these to express yourself/your identity. The same also applies to those of multisexual identities (Eg: bi, pan, omni, ply, etc)

Girls who like collecting, girls who don’t

Girls who like sports/outdoors activities, girls who prefer to stay inside

Girls with paranoia or anxiety or unhappy obsessions/obsessions that get in the way of your happiness/ability to function, I know you worry. I know it’s hard. I hope that someday soon you’ll have peace of mind

Girls who are broken hearted, you’re so strong. You’ve gone through a lot I’m sure but you got this! You can do it /g

Girls who need encouragement, I love you. You’re doing great :)

Once again this applies to all girls, feel free to add on but don’t derail!

Keep discourse away from this post!

Kinda funny how Canadians have the stereotype that they’re all nice when they can’t even have the decency to be nice to Indigenous people

To all of the people who claim they’re 1/16 Cherokee or that their great grandmother was a native princess:

PLEASE FOR FUCK’S SAKE STOP SEXUALIZING INDIGENOUS WOMEN LIKE THIS.

There are countless of indigenous women who were sexually assaulted, have gone missing, and have been murdered since colonizers came to North America.

Indigenous women are NOT fetishes. Indigenous women are the backbones of our communities and hold their people up.

INDIGENOUS WOMEN ARE STRONG AND TOUGH AS FUCK AND NOT TO BE MESSED WITH.

Imaging how much better off Indigenous people would be if Columbus wasn’t such an idiot and thought the Americas were India

There needs to be more Indigenous representation in the media

A RED GIRL’S REASONING : a film by Elle-Maija Tailfeathers starring Jessica Matten

Delia does not pass The Ali Nahdee Test but she is a badass through and through all the same.

dalishpariah:

I rarely see anything about this on Tumblr, and it’s an important issue that needs the attention it deserves from the rest of the world. 

According to a report released by the RCMP, 1,017 women and girls identified as Indigenous were murdered between 1980 and 2012; “a homicide rate roughly 4.5 times higher than that of all other women in Canada.” Despite this, the RCMP continues to claim that they are overrepresented among canada’s missing and murdered women. 

• “There are 225 unsolved cases of either missing or murdered Aboriginal females: 105 missing for more than 30 days as of November 4, 2013, whose cause of disappearance was categorized at the time as “unknown”or“foul play suspected”and120 unsolved homicides between 1980 and 2012.”
  
• Police in canada fail to consistently record the Indigenous identity of victims of crime.
• “Statistics Canada reports that in 2009, for example, police recorded failed to note whether the victims of crime were Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal in 384 out of 610 homicides”

What’s our government doing about it? As of now, nothing. Our Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, believes that it is a non-issue, being quoted saying  ‘Um it, it isn’t really high on our radar, to be honest … Our ministers will continue to dialogue with those who are concerned about this.’

There have been frequentcallsforanationalinquiry (which the Harper government has continued to ignore), and one of the calls came from the United Nations. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has said that this is a violation of the human rights of Indigenous women.

This is one of the many reasons why it’s so important that people start paying attention to Canadian politics. If you cannot vote to help make a difference, please consider: 

Signing the Liberal Party of Canada petition which calls for an inquiry into Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

The No More Stolen Sisters campaign

• Sign the No More Stolen Sisters/Amnesty Internation petition
  
• Participate in a vigil on October 4 if one is taking place in your community. (You can contact the Native Women’s Association of Canada to find out if one is taking place near you.) 

Wendy Red Star, 2019 @ MOMA

On my “want to read” list and even my “still need to buy” list.

“Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer

I know nothing about this book other than what the cover says. Doesn’t matter, I’m hooked and I want to read it. Historically we have ignored almost every native group and the knowledge they amassed as their own individual civilization.

Here in the grand old United States of America (again just DRIPPING with sarcasm) we have almost taken pride in the fact that we suppress the indigenous groups of the lands we occupy. It’s disturbing. Our neighbor Canada is currently being swept up in a massive scandal revolving around the mass deaths of children up there that was covered up for decades.

As a whole humanity needs to do better at respecting other cultures and the nuances that surround them. People have developed their own civilizations and we should be thrilled that there is so much diversity in the world.

yashaflowers:

As a proud indigenous woman, I want to remind everyone that with Thanksgiving coming up, to stay educated on the history of what actually happened. And don’t forget to honor and stay educated on the hundreds of diverse native american nations

I have for a year watched as my comments and tags have filled (despite all the wonderful comments) with non-native people discussing skin color, blood quantum, and debating the validity of lighter skin toned native americans

So let’s clear some things up

First, gene variants, even in north america skin tone variants exist. People always assume lighter skin tones must mean a mixture of native american and european genetics. But that is not that case. There have been discovered gene variants (like the one on MFSD12) for lighter skin tones only found within native american populations MEANING lighter skin tones can reflect native american ancestory only. These variants have existed even before Europeans arrived.

Second, let’s take a look at a map, and look at where the equator is located, individuals and societies who are farther from the equator have evolved overtime to have lighter skin tones to produce vitamin D more efficiently. That is the same case in North America, just like on the continent of Europe. Native Nations that are located in more northern latitudes have historically had lighter skin tones even before Europeans arrived

Third, There are more than 500 federally recognized nations within the boundaries of the United States. The idea that Native Americans as a whole are monolithic and must all have dark skin and look the same comes from stereotypes. Many non-natives have limited contact with Native Americans, instead their ideas come from appropriated images and caricatures used as mascots and offensive labels that are racial slurs like “Redskins” that serve to make non-natives believe that color is a defining aspect of being Indigenous

Then you have those Native Americans who are mixed, black and indigenous, white and indigenous. The idea that blood quantum, your percentage of “native blood” is what actually matters is an idea that has been spread by those who benefit from the statistical elimination of Native Americans and, by association, all responsibilities of the federal government to Native Americans

Skin tone is unfairly being tied to who is an “insider” and who is an “outsider” Skin color should never be used as a marker of legitimacy. I have seen light skinned Native Americans over and over again get harassed and mocked by non-natives. Online and in everyday life. The entitlement of some non-natives to think they have any say in determining who is “native enough” is extremely frustrating and hurtful

If you are basing your criteria on whether or not someone is Native American based on how likely or harshly they are going to be discriminated against by white people, then you are centering white people, when they have never and should never have anything to do with whether or not someone is Native American

For any other Native Americans reading this post, please remember that as Indigenous people, we retain the right to define ourselves and this includes a right to disentangle our sense of self from colonial ideals and definitions